chil describes being established or steadfast, as goodness is denied firmness and a person's ways are viewed in a continuing condition.

The attested use concerns an established or steadfast condition: Job 20:21 denies such firmness to goodness, while Psalm 10:5 places the plural form in a statement about a person's ways continuing at all times.

1. Being established or steadfast · dominant

   In Job 20:21, the Qal imperfect singular occurs in the clause that the APB renders, “therefore his goodness is not firm,” expressing firmness as something denied. In Psalm 10:5, the Qal imperfect plural appears in a verse where the APB renders, “His ways prosper at all times,” though the translation does not isolate the term's specific contribution.

   Job 20:21Psalm 10:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 20:21, the APB explicitly renders the relevant clause with “not firm.” In Psalm 10:5, it presents the verse as “His ways prosper at all times,” and does not clearly identify a direct English rendering for the term.